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Benjamin Goldfarb’s blog

While the birth of the Durban Platform, the possible renewal of the Kyoto Protocol, and the controversy over the unfilled Green Climate Fund have dominated most of the headlines, I’ve been keeping an eye on the Reducing Emissions from Degradation and Deforestation program, or REDD.

Humans have a morbid fascination with the end of the world. Our undying affection for the zombie meme, our preoccupation with the Mayan calendar, and that awesome Eschaton scene in Infinite Jest all point to a weird fixation with our own demise.